Brake-hanger.



No. 813,476. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

O. W. WITTMER.

BRAKE HANGER. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1905.

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rarnnr ornrcia OWEN W. WlTTlVlER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

BRAKE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed November 11,1905. erial No. 286,900.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OWEN W. Wir'r'nna, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Brake-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brake-hangers for railway-cars, and has for its principal object to provide a brake-hanger of simple construction in which there are no rights and lofts, the hangers being interchangeable and adapted for use on either side of the cartruck.

A further object of the invention is to provide a brake-hanger which may be readily out anyscrews, bolts, or other fastenings'in addition to those now used in the manufac- A still further object of the invention is to provide a bolster guide column and a brake-hanger having interfitting flanges and grooves, so that the hanger may be readily placed in position and maybe supported directly from the column.

With these and other objects in View, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understoodthat various changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details of the structure ma be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing. any of the advantages of the invention,

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a brake-hanger and bolster-guide column constructed and arranged in accordance with the invention, the view showing also a brake-shoe and a portion of the bral e-beam and illustrating also the upper and lower arch-barsof the structure in section. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the head of the bolster-guide column de-, tached. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the column and hanger.

Similar characters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings. The upper arch-bar A and the lower archbar B of the structure may be of the ordinary construction, and between these is arranged a bolster-guide column 10, that is provided l.

at its lower end withbol t lugs for the passage of the usual bolts 11, by Which-the column is secured to the spring-plank. The upper endor head of the column is rectangular in form and is provided with two vertical slots 12, arranged one in its inner face and the other in its outer face, the tops of the slots'bein'g open to permit the entrance of vertically-disposed parallel flanges 14, that are carried by the outer end of the brake-hanger 15, and in assembling these parts it is merely necessary to slip the flanges '14 into the slots and then bolt down the arch-bar A in the'usual manner, so

that the hanger will be permanently secured to the column without the necessity of em-' ploying any auxiliary fastcnings.

The hanger 15 18 m the form of an arm having strengthening-ribs 16 and 17 at its upper and lower edges, and from the front face of the" inner end of the arm extend pivot-ears 18, having openings for thepassage of a pin or bolt 19, on which are hung the links C, the latter being connected to the brake-shoes D in the usual manner.

It will be seen that the hanger is in the form of a simple casting which may be placed in any one of the columns, there being no rights and lefts, and of such construction that the column can be used on cars either with orwithout brakes, merely adding the hangers where brakesare desired, so'that the manufacturer is not compelled to keep on hand a large stock of astings or patterns.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is i 1. In combination, a bolster-guide column having a recess, a brake-hanger including an arm arranged to fit within said recess and provided with pivot-ears for the support of the brake-hanger links, said hanger being held from upward movement by the upper arch-bar. I

2. In combination, a bolster-guide column having a recess, and a brake-hanger including an arm fitting within said recess and interlo cking with the walls thereof to prevent horizontal movement in any direction.

3. In combination, a bolster-guide column, the inner and outer faces of which are-provided with vertical, grooves, and a brakehanger pfov'ided with a pair of spaced flanges arranged to enter-said grooves.

4. In a device of the class specified, a bolstar-guide column, the oppositeedges of which are provided with vertical grooves open at the top, a brake-hanger having on its rear face a pair of flange members arranged to enter I permit the insertion of the flanges, and means said grooves and confined in place by one of for holding'the brake-hanger in position.

the uppertruss-bars of the truck. In testimony that I claim the" foregoing as 5. In a device of the class specified, a I my ownI have hereto afiixed my signature in brake-hanger comprising an arm having on the presence of two Witnesses.

one face a air of projectin flan es and pro- 'vided on its opposite fact with a pair of OWEN WVITTMER' spaced pivot-ears, a bolster-guide oolunin pro- Witnesses: vided with vertical grooves in its opposite C. L. REAMER,

1o edges, said grooves being open at the top to BARTON GRIFFITH. 

